Category: Environment

Crocodiles, snakes wash up in Australia floods

Canberra, Feb 4 (IANS) Devastating floods in Australia has forced thousands of people from their homes and brought snakes and…

7 years ago

Rain, dense fog predicted in Punjab, Haryana

Chandigarh, Feb 3 (IANS) Rain later this week and dense fog have been predicted in several parts of Punjab and…

7 years ago

Himachal seeing frequent snow after long gap: Weather bureau

Shimla, Feb 3 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh has been witnessing frequent spells of snowfall with extremely bone-chilling conditions this winter and…

7 years ago

To clean Goa beaches, this ‘waste-bar’ exchanges cigarette butts, used straws for beer

By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar Panaji, Feb 3 (IANS) You could be fined Rs 2,000 for drinking beer on a Goa beach,…

7 years ago

After decades, Kashmir relives its snowed-in winter

By Sheikh Qayoom Srinagar, Feb 3 (IANS) Kashmir's winter this season has been something children had heard from their grandparents,…

7 years ago

Sunny day in Himachal, more snow, rain expected

Shimla, Feb 3 (IANS) It was a sunny Sunday morning in Himachal Pradesh, but the Met Department has forecast more…

7 years ago

Cold, cloudy Sunday morning in Delhi

New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Delhi woke up to a cold and cloudy morning on Sunday with the minimum temperature…

7 years ago

Dense fog in Punjab, Haryana

Chandigarh, Feb 3 (IANS) Dense fog engulfed many parts of Punjab and Haryana on Sunday, weather officials said. Road and…

7 years ago

Minimum temperature rises above freezing point in Srinagar

Srinagar, Feb 3 (IANS) The minimum temperature rose above the freezing point in Srinagar on Sunday after nearly two months,…

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Himalayas fading owing to climate change: Experts

Chandigarh, Feb 2 (IANS) Not many people are coming forward to save the environment from climate change, which is clearly…

7 years ago

Powerful quake in Hindu Kush, Delhi-NCR, J&K feel tremors

New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) A powerful 6.1 magnitude earthquake jolted Hindu Kush mountain range along Afghanistan-Pakistan border that led…

7 years ago

Delhi’s air remains ‘very poor’, further deterioration on Sunday

New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Delhi's air quality remained in the "very poor" category for fourth day in a row…

7 years ago

Tiger mauls woman to death at Ranthambore park

Jaipur, Feb 2 (IANS) In yet another man-animal conflict, a tiger killed a woman, Munni Devi (40), in Kundera Range…

7 years ago

Leopard cub’s trill results in detention of a passenger at Chennai airport

Chennai, Feb 2 (IANS) Suspicious movement of a passenger, a trill from his bag resulted in the seizure of a…

7 years ago

Roosting sites of waterbirds not always near wetlands: Study

By Vishal Gulati New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Roosting sites are not always near or in wetlands, as is often…

7 years ago

Powerful earthquake in Hindu Kush, Delhi-NCR feels tremors

New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Mild tremors were felt in Delhi-NCR on Saturday evening after a powerful 6.1 magnitude earthquake…

7 years ago

Green activists raise concern over human intrusion

Agra, Feb 2 (IANS) Green activists in the Taj city on Saturday expressed concern over increasing encroachment in the eco-sensitive…

7 years ago

6.0-magnitude quake jolts Indonesia

Jakarta, Feb 2 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale rocked Indonesia's West Sumatra province on Saturday, but…

7 years ago

29 killed in US Midwest due to extreme cold

Washington, Feb 2 (IANS) At least 29 people were reported dead due to the Polar Vortex that froze the US…

7 years ago

More snow expected in Himachal

Shimla, Feb 2 (IANS) It was a sunny morning in the Himachal Pradesh capital on Saturday with an intense cold…

7 years ago



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